This session will discuss roles that digital public policy can have in preserving and improving the global ‎public health in emergency situations. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the ‎deployment of digital technologies can make our…

IGF 2020 Parliamentary Roundtable Building trust in a time of COVID-19 response and post-COVID-19 recovery‎     Parliamentarians are among various important stakeholder groups that participate at the ‎annual ‎meeting of the… .

When faced with emergency situations, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, the economies of countries are usually severely affected. The use of digital technologies can help reduce the harm, for instance through placing more importance on digital…

Emergency situations affecting people worldwide usually bring significant increases in cyberattacks ‎and cybercrimes. The current COVID-19 pandemic is no exception, with many organizations reporting ‎attacks of various kinds on their online…

In emergency situations, such as various natural and other forms of disasters, people’s lives, cultures ‎and our planet overall, are affected. These situations can completely stop some regular life dynamics. ‎For example, people are unable to work,…

The High-Level Wrap-Up will take the form of an interactive dialogue among high-level leaders from different stakeholder groups, including from governments, private sector, civil society and technical communities from different regions. Closing…

The 15th annual IGF meeting was hosted in two phases from 2 to 6 and 9 to 17 November 2020. This session invites participants to share their experience on the IGF 2020, its flow and outputs, as well as to suggest ways for improvements…

High Level Session of the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) 2018 "The Internet of Trust” Monday, 12 November 2018, UNESCO, Paris, France   15:35 – Welcoming remarks by Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO 15:40 – 15:…

15:00 Open the Session: Chengetai Masango – IGF Secretariat 15:02 Brief Introductory Remarks: Ms. Lynn St. Amour - IGF MAG Chair Amb. David Martinon - Host Country Co-Chair Mr. Pierre Bonis – Co-Chair of the French Multistakeholder…

CLOSING REFLECTIONS FROM STAKEHOLDERS: 16:55 – 17:00    Ms. Noha Ashraf Abdel Baky, Digital Grassroots.org, Youth Capacity Building Volunteer Program – representing Civil Society 17:00 – 17:05    Ms Lise Fuhr, Director…

  16:25 – 17:40 Panel 1: The new challenges of the Internet Governance Cybersecurity, data protection, cyber criminality and digital inclusion   • Ms. Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO • Ms. Mariya Gabriel,…

  17:40 – 18:40 Panel 2: Strengthening the Internet Governance and the IGF How to develop and strengthen the Internet Governance Forum?   Introductory remarks from Mr. Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General for…